A former Star Trek: The Next Generation actor, who is plastered all over the internet, has blasted Google for trying to force people into signing up to its social network.
Wil Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher, son of chief medical officer Dr Beverly Crusher in the popular TV series, attacked Google after he discovered that …

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Both Facebook and Google+ clearly state in their ToS that they will terminate your account if they find out that you've supplied a false name, and they won't allow you to use a single nom-de-plume; you have to supply a first and last name.

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a little research would have revealed the info that google has only rolled out this 'improvement to about 1% of its users so far, so I don't his rant has much to do with el reg still seeing the old upvote arrows.

And you can't use the old thumb icons if you're not logged in. Youtube uses handles instead of real names, even for G+ users, and a G+ profile does not have to be searchable. So really there's no change here except that you apparently can't downvote a video any more. Oh, and the buttons which previously existed to let you...errr FORCE YOU...to share on Facebook and Twitter after thumbing something on Youtube were not shown in the screengrab the ageing Ensign posted.

Re: Wil who?

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He's famous for being "The Wesley Crusher," but also for being 'one of us' he's on the big bang theory because, despite his fame, he's as big a geek as the rest of us. He goes to sci-fi and gaming conventions, not as an exhibit... and is currently running a YouTube series on playing board games with his friends, ok he is friends with a lot of celebrities!

He knows how annoying Wesley crusher, his foot in the door, was and accepts it. And now does stuff he enjoys for his fans.

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Is there anything more painfully boring than someone commenting on an article to say "Never heard of them"? Thanks for your superb contribution to the debate. Perhaps, given that this site is fulla nerds, they'd be more interested in the opinion of another nerd than that of the latest chart rapper?

RTFA!

If you had you might have noticed the text in bold, here a clue if you still can't find it.

"I like Google Plus. Some of the smartest people I've ever read are on Google Plus, and the Hangout is amazing. But Google is doing everything it can to force Google Plus on everyone, and it's pissing me off."

He's been in Eureka a few times, too.

Re: He's been in Eureka a few times, too.

I got to see him and most of the Eureka cast at DragonCon in 2011. He was funny as hell. At one point during the panel Wheaton said he was disappointed nobody had yet asked him to sign their boob. Without missing a beat Colin Ferguson asked somebody to give Wil a pen and started taking off his shirt. It was one of the best panels I've ever seen at an sf convention.